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Day: August 8, 2013

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry says cannot improve Budget revenue collection

August 8, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry replied on August 8 to the criticism of the Budget revision, handed by President Rossen Plevneliev when

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Leisure Sport 

Stadium row raises questions about The Wall Live in Sofia

August 8, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Three weeks before Roger Waters brings his visual masterpiece, The Wall Live, to Sofia, a public row erupted in Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian anti-government ‘protest network’ set up, provocateurs attempt disruption

August 8, 2013August 9, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Peevski protests

A “Protest Network” has been set up by a group of people involved in the anti-government protests in Bulgaria, with

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Leisure 

What’s on: Bansko Jazz Festival

August 8, 2013August 8, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Bansko, best known for its ski slopes in winter, has been a permanent fixtures on the

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a fanned-out sheaf of euro notes
Europe 

Greek finance ministry steps up crackdown on tax cheats

August 8, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

A Greek government legislative act will allow relevant authorities to proceed with confiscations against tax-evading businesses on weekends, during any

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Europe 

Czech man’s colander ID victory may be short lived

August 8, 2013August 8, 2013 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post Czech Republic

A member of the spoof religion that worships the Flying Spaghetti Monster recently won the right to wear a spaghetti

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Bulgaria 

‘Code yellow’ heat wave warning in Bulgaria

August 8, 2013August 9, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A code “yellow” weather warning has been issued for 14 districts in Bulgaria on August 8 due to high temperatures,

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